The TEDxBowdoinCollege club is hosting an event from 4-7 p.m. Saturday, April 6, in the Visual Arts Center’s Kresge Auditorium to showcase students’ own TED talks as well as professors and alumni of the college. TED began in 1984 as a conference co-founded by Richard Saul Wurman and Harry Marks where technology, entertainment and design […]
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Nor’easter slams Maine, causing 350,000 outages at the storm’s peak
CMP and Versant expect restoration efforts to stretch into next week in the areas hardest hit by the heavy snow and high wind.
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Brunswick board to weigh challenge to proposed housing development
Two weeks after the initial public hearing, the Zoning Board is set to issue a decision on Thursday night on the challenge filed against affordable housing project Wilbur’s Woods.
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‘The common good’: Maine VFW honors Harpswell teacher for fostering civic engagement
Xavier Kane and Emmett Stuart, two students in Abby Svenson’s fifth grade class at Harpswell Community School, worked together to fold an American flag on a rainy Wednesday afternoon in February. Xavier held two corners high off the ground while Emmett concentrated on carefully turning and folding the fabric to form a compact triangle. […]
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Frustrated lawmakers back proposal to create a separate child welfare department
A proposal for a new Department of Child and Family Services wins strong support in the Maine Senate amid efforts to reform the state’s troubled child welfare system, but the Mills administration wants the idea studied first.
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Ban on paramilitary activity passes by 1 vote in Maine House
The bill would ban paramilitary activity intended to create public disturbances or violence.
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Waterville man pleads not guilty to murdering co-worker at Damon’s Beverage as new details emerge
Spridal Hubiak, 21, who is charged in the death of Angela Bragg, 52, of Waterville, on Dec. 27, 2023, is seen in video footage stabbing the victim, according to a police affidavit.
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Maine dairy farms are dwindling. A task force is being set up to find out why.
Maine has lost one-third of its commercial dairy farms since 2020. Emergency legislation signed by the governor calls for a task force to identify ways to keep the heritage industry healthy for decades to come.
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Bath launches new drug abuse prevention program in schools
The program aims to connect local law enforcement and students while building life skills.
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Maine House advances bill giving Wabanaki tribes more say over prosecution of crimes
The bill would expand tribes’ authority over certain crimes that occur on their land while the state would continue to maintain jurisdiction over the most serious offenses.